North Pacific Fishery Management Council to Discuss Chum Bycatch Reduction Measures
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet in the first week of February with only two items on the agenda. They will refine a Fishery Management Plan for Cook Inlet driftnetters outside state waters. And they will perform an Initial Review on measures being considered to reduce chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. That fishery is one of the biggest on earth in terms of both volume and value. It provides a high quality protein to the world at a competitive price...
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